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LJ is ending the Basic account option
From May March 12 on, it's see ads or pay up:
Basic Account is an option available to accounts which were created before March 12, 2008. No account created after this date can be turned into a Basic Account. Basic Accounts will not have any advertising displayed on their accounts, but will have fewer benefits and features.
Source: FAQ 38
ETA: fix the date in my text.
ETA 2: Jason Shellen, VP of Product Development for LiveJournal" says it was to make the registration process "easier for new users to understand" To which I say, Apparently they think their users are STUPID. The new ones for needing it "easier" and the old ones for taking that crap.
Also, Brad says no one really asked him. And he's on the LJ Advisory Board -- that was the whole point of the advisory board!
ETA 3: Another advisory board member and "thought leader", Esther Dyson, says that no one talked to her either. And that the person who emailed her can quote her on that.
Basic Account is an option available to accounts which were created before March 12, 2008. No account created after this date can be turned into a Basic Account. Basic Accounts will not have any advertising displayed on their accounts, but will have fewer benefits and features.
Source: FAQ 38
ETA: fix the date in my text.
ETA 2: Jason Shellen, VP of Product Development for LiveJournal" says it was to make the registration process "easier for new users to understand" To which I say, Apparently they think their users are STUPID. The new ones for needing it "easier" and the old ones for taking that crap.
Also, Brad says no one really asked him. And he's on the LJ Advisory Board -- that was the whole point of the advisory board!
ETA 3: Another advisory board member and "thought leader", Esther Dyson, says that no one talked to her either. And that the person who emailed her can quote her on that.
Re: don't shoot me for this but...
I'm more against the no notification and the marketing doublespeak. Just reinforces the general "no real communication with our mostly teen users" policy, IMO.